Radio One Washington DC expands WMMJ-FM (Majic) Listenership simulcasting on newly purchased WWXT 92.7FM Prince Frederick, Md.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

RADIO ONE DC EXPANDS WMMJ-FM LISTENERSHIP
The Company Acquires Red Zebra’s WWXT-FM

(Washington, DC…April 20, 2017) - Radio One is excited to announce the addition of WWXT 92.7 FM to the Washington DC cluster. Effective 12:01 a.m. on May 1st, 92.7 will simulcast WMMJ MAJIC 102.3 FM, further expanding the Real Sound of the DMV brand of the heritage Urban AC station. Listeners of the DMV will continue to hear their favorite personalities on both 102.3 and 92.7 as the programming line-up will not change.

Jeff Wilson, Senior Regional Vice President and General Manager, Radio One DC said, “I’m thrilled by this acquisition and unique opportunity to immediately expand the footprint of our heritage station, WMMJ FM. My team is going to keep doing what we do best, programming the most entertaining, inspiring and well informed listener experiences in urban radio and be proud knowing that even more people are impacted.”

Listeners can begin their day with the Russ Parr Morning Show weekdays from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. The nationally syndicated morning show, based in DC, can be heard weekdays by millions of listeners.

Midday host Vic Jagger will keep listeners engaged Monday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The DC native keeps her audience informed, has the hottest prizes to give away and listeners do not want to miss the midday mix at noon.

Radio and Television icon Donnie Simpson will continue to entertain listeners weekday afternoons from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
John Monds winds the night down with his nationally syndicated show, Love and R&B, on Sunday through Thursday from 7:00 p.m. to midnight.

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Radio One, Inc. (radio-one.com), together with its subsidiaries, is a diversified media company that primarily targets African-American and urban consumers. It is one of the nation's largest radio broadcasting companies, currently owning and/or operating 53 broadcast stations in 15 urban markets in the United States. Through its controlling interest in Reach Media, Inc. (blackamericaweb.com), the Company also operates syndicated programming including the Tom Joyner Morning Show, the Russ Parr Morning Show, the Rickey Smiley Morning Show, Get up Morning! with Erica Campbell, the DL Hughley Show, Bishop T.D. Jakes' Empowering Moments, the Ed Lover Show, the Willie Moore Jr Show, the Nightly Spirit with Darlene McCoy and the Reverend Al Sharpton Show. Beyond its core radio broadcasting franchise, Radio One owns Interactive One (interactiveone.com), the fastest growing and definitive digital resource for Black and Latin Americans, reaching millions each month through social content, news, information, and entertainment. Interactive One operates a number of branded sites including News One (news), The Urban Daily (men), Hello Beautiful (women), Global Grind (Millennials) and social networking websites such as BlackPlanet and MiGente. The Company also owns TV One, LLC (tvone.tv), a cable/satellite network programming serving more than 57 million households, offering a broad range of real-life and entertainment-focused original programming, classic series, movies and music designed to entertain, inform and inspire a diverse audience of adult Black viewers. Additionally, One Solution combines the dynamics of the Radio One’s holdings to provide brands with an integrated and effectively engaging marketing approach that reaches 82% of Black Americans throughout the country.

Contact: Kashon Powell
301-429-2681
kpowell@radio-one.com